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CAPS board meeting Jan. 14
CAPS will host a board meeting at 5:30 p.m. Jan. 14 in room 102 at the county offices on Taylor Street. The public is invited.
Local assemblymen to speak at FRW
The Fernley Republican Women (FRW) will meet at the Fernley Senior Center, 105 Lois Lane, Fernley, on Jan. 21.
A light meal will be served at 6 p.m. and the meeting will at 6:30 p.m. The guest speakers will be Assembly members Greg Koenig, District 38, and Ken Gray, District 39.
Koenig served 12 years on the Churchill County School Board and as a Churchill County commissioner prior to being elected to the Nevada Legislature where he represents Assembly District 38. An optometrist, Koenig now has practices in Fallon, Fernley, and Yerington.
Ken Gray has served in the Nevada Legislature since 2022, representing Assembly District 39. Prior to that, he served as a member of the Lyon County Board of Commissioners following his retirement from the U.S. Air Force where he served for 26 years.
The FRW’s Caring for America Program collects non-perishable foods for the Fernley Food Bank and the Armed Forces/Homeland Security Program collects cleaning supplies, food and personal care items, along with donations of funds, for the Veterans Guest House in Reno. All contributions for these important programs will be greatly appreciated. Financial contributions may be sent to the FRW at P. O. Box 412, Fernley, NV 89408.
For information, contact Katie Baker at kproctor926@gmail.com or check the FRW website fernleyrepublicanwomen.com.
Fallon Justice Court to change operating hours
The Fallon Justice Court will change its hours, effective Feb. 3. The court will be open Monday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., including lunch hour.
This will add three additional hours per week of public access to the court and will also add at least two more hours each week for criminal trials.
It also adds five afternoon trial hours per week (most criminal trials are held in the afternoon). These additional hours are available on the weekdays most preferred by these parties.
Cattlemen's Update 2025
The University of Nevada, Reno is hosting the annual Cattlemen’s Update in person and virtually from Jan. 13-17.
Cost of workshop is $20 per ranch.
• Virtual Webinar via Zoom: Registration Required. Jan. 13 at 10 a.m.
• Fallon Convention Center: Jan. 14 at 5:30 p.m., dinner
• Ely Convention Center: Jan. 15 at 5:30 p.m., dinner
• Great Basin College, Elko: Jan. 16, 2025 at 12:30 p.m. in the GBC Theater; dinner in the GBC Reynolds Solarium
• Extension Humboldt County Office: Winnemucca, Jan. 17 at 10 a.m.; lunch
Times given for the in-person sessions are registration time, with the program beginning 30 minutes later.
In-person agenda
• Imagining the Future: Rancher-guided Knowledge Work in Nevada
Tracy Shane, state livestock extension specialist, agriculture, veterinary and rangeland sciences
• Animal traceability, electronic ear tag update and new state veterinarian
Chad Sestanovich, administrator Livestock Division, new state veterinarian, and Dr. JJ Goicoechea, director, Nevada Department of Agriculture
• NRCS funding opportunities and program overview
Chris Rose, partnership coordinator, Natural Resources Conservation Service
• How to use USDA, NRCS Programs from contract to implementation
Staci Emm, Extension professor, University of Nevada, Reno
• GPS ear tags give ranchers eyes in the sky to help manage the distribution of livestock on rangelands
Paul Meiman, Extension Rangeland and Wildlife state specialist, University of Nevada, Reno.
There also will be a Zoom agenda. For information, contact Jamie Lee 775-426-8299 or jamielee1@unr.edu.
Churchill Arts Council exhibits
The Harry Wilson exhibit on photographs from the 1960s opened Nov. 11. Most of Wilson’s photographs were in a one-person exhibition at the de Young Museum in San Francisco in 1969.
This exhibit was most recently shown at the Monterey Museum of Art during 2019.
Sapira Cheuk’s exhibit in the E.L. Wiegand Gallery is open. She is an ink painter and installation artist. Born in Hong Kong and based in Las Vegas, her work often uses a blend of Sumi and India ink, symbolizing the mixture of her identities.
The exhibition presentation is Jan. 18 from 5-7:30 p.m.
GOP women meet Jan 16
The Churchill Republican Women will meet Jan. 16 at the Old Post Office.
The purpose of the meeting is to take nominations from the floor and to present a list of members who have emailed a self-nomination and or nominated others for the CRW president, first vice president, second vice president, secretary and treasurer.
The time allows CRW members and possible new members to send in their membership signed form and the $50to be ready to vote and take up the CRW leadership for the next two years
Churchill County Library
Start the new year at the Churchill County Library and enjoy programming, books, online resources and more. The library will be closed on Jan. 20 for Martin Luther King Day.
All library programming is free.
Pennington Life Center
Plenty of good eats at the Pennington Life Center: All are welcome to partake. Lunch served 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. weekdays. Cost is $6 for those under age 60 and a suggested donation of $3 for those 60 and older.
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